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	<description>the personal website of Taede A. Smedes - philosopher of religion, theologian</description>
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		<title>Small milestone&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 5 years now I review in my free time new books in theology, theology and science, and philosophy for the Dutch library &#38; schools system, NBD Biblion. I started in April 2007 and I am still very much &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/small-milestone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Eve met Adam&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Eve met Adam, Paradise was lost&#8230; Source: http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip/2012/02/01/. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day anyway&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Williams, Dawkins, and Kenny on the nature of human beings and their ultimate origins, 23/02/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 23 February, there will be an interesting debate between Rowan Williams (the Archbishop of Canterbury), Richard Dawkins and Anthony Kenny on the issue of “The Nature of Human Beings and the Question of their Ultimate Origin”. Time and venue: &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/williams-dawkins-and-kenny-on-human-nature-and-their-ultimate-origins-23022012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nicholas Rescher: &#8220;Productive Evolution: On Reconciling Evolution with Intelligent Design&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Rescher is an American philosopher, an extremely productive one (or at least, he used to be like that). He has written a lot on epistemology. And he is also a theist, a religious believer. Just a couple of minutes &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/nicholas-rescher-productive-evolution-on-reconciling-evolution-with-intelligent-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dawkins, jewelry, atheism, symbolism</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/dawkins-jewelry-atheism-symbolism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(new) atheism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever looked at the website of the Richard Dawkins http://richarddawkins.net, and then I mean especially the store section: http://store.richarddawkins.net/? I recently noticed that “they” (I don’t presume Dawkins is selling stuff in person) sell jewelry. In itself there’s &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/dawkins-jewelry-atheism-symbolism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Bering: &#8220;The God Instinct&#8221; (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(new) atheism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post the second, revised part of my final evaluation of Jesse Bering’s The God Instinct (in the US published as The Belief Instinct). FOR DUTCH VISITORS: De Nederlandse samenvatting van Berings boek, is in delen HIER te vinden. &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/jesse-bering-the-god-instinct-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Belief Instinct&#8211;an interview with Jesse Bering</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/the-belief-instinctan-interview-with-jesse-bering/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/the-belief-instinctan-interview-with-jesse-bering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Later today I will post the second part of my evaluation of Jesse Bering’s The God / Belief Instinct. However, I recently found an interesting interview with Bering that also can function as an interesting summary of the book, here: &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/the-belief-instinctan-interview-with-jesse-bering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Bering: &#8220;The God Instinct&#8221; (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/jesse-bering-the-god-instinct-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/jesse-bering-the-god-instinct-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, I read Jesse Bering’s The God Instinct (which is the British title, in the US the book was published as The Belief Instinct). It’s a highly stimulating book and one of the more interesting contributions to both &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/jesse-bering-the-god-instinct-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marcelo Gleiser on the religious rejection of evolution</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/marcelo-gleiser-on-the-religious-rejection-of-evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[evolutionary theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theoretical physicist and atheist Marcelo Gleiser asks himself in a blogpost why so many religious believers have issues with evolutionary theory. And his conclusion is excellent: Does evolution really need to be such a stumbling block for so many? Is &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/marcelo-gleiser-on-the-religious-rejection-of-evolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Giberson &amp; Randall Stephens: The Anointed&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://tasmedes.nl/karl-giberson-randall-stephens-the-anointed/</link>
		<comments>http://tasmedes.nl/karl-giberson-randall-stephens-the-anointed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taede Smedes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I ordered the new book by Karl Giberson and Randall Stephens, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, published by Belknap/Harvard University Press. I was especially struck by the following description: Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors &#8230; <a href="http://tasmedes.nl/karl-giberson-randall-stephens-the-anointed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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